Vietnam: Registration authority for groundwater extraction

According to Circular No. 27/2014/TT-BTNMT of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam, registration authority for groundwater extraction is the communal People’s Committee or district People’s Committee under the decision of provincial People’s Committee.

Concurrently, the order and procedures for registration for groundwater extraction are also guided as follows: 

- Based on the approved List of areas with compulsory registration for groundwater extraction, heads of residential groups, heads of hamlets, villages, mountain hamlets, mountain villages shall review and make a list of organizations and individuals having their bored wells for groundwater extraction subject to compulsory registration in the areas; make an announcement and hand over two (02) declarations specified in the Form No. 38 of the Annex attached to this Circular to the organizations and individuals for declaration; in case of no bored well, organizations and individuals shall make registration for groundwater extraction before well boring;

- Within ten (10) working days after receipt of 02 declarations, the organizations and individuals shall complete them and submit them to the registration authority or the head of residential groups for submission to the communal People’s Committee. The communal People’s Committee shall submit these declarations to the district People’s Committee in case the registration authority is the district People’s Committee.

- Within ten (10) working days after receipt of 02 declarations from the organizations and individuals, the registration authority shall verify the contents and certify these declarations and send one (01) copy to the organizations and individuals.

View more details at Circular No. 27/2014/TT-BTNMT of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam, effective from July 15, 2014.

Thu Ba

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